They Hated Me in My First Life, But Now I Have the Love System

Chapter 538: Like a Hawk

Then that girl came along and turned it all upside down. And somehow, Carl had fallen for it. She didn’t know how, but Nnenna had clearly bewitched him. Played innocent. Played clever. Cunning little thing.

So young... and yet already that manipulative?

Stephanie had been waiting for this moment ever since the referee announced the tournament lineup. From the second she saw Nnenna’s name, she knew, this was her chance. Her brother would crush that girl in the ring, and everyone would finally see.

This was justice.

Retribution.

A clean win that would fix everything.

She smiled to herself, adrenaline mixing with satisfaction. Yes. This was how you proved a point.

Carl, Somto, Arthur, they were all here. The ones who mattered. The ones who decided who belonged and who didn’t. And they would watch this play out.

She didn’t even need to raise a finger.

Nicholas would handle it for her.

After all... they were the best of the best. And she belonged with them. Not some stranger with a pretty face and mysterious talent.

She leaned forward, eyes glued to the stage, heart pounding with anticipation.

This was it.

The moment everything would fall back into place.

When Nnenna would finally be put in her place.

The referee raised his arm... and dropped it.

"Begin!"

Nnenna and Nicholas stepped forward.

They bowed.

At least, she did, halfway.

She wasn’t stupid.

She had watched Nicholas’s previous fights closely, especially the ones where his opponents had gone in respectfully... and walked out bruised before the match even properly began.

He had a trick.

A cheap one.

And just as she predicted, he used it.

Before her head was even all the way down, Nicholas lunged forward, fist slicing the air toward her midsection like a bullet.

from

Too fast!" someone

two

"Is he insane?!"

SLAM

at the last moment, narrowly dodging the blow and

impact of the sudden attack

lit up with

Elder Onyedika snapped, eyes narrowing. "No grace. No

Madam Wolke, shaking her head. "Doesn’t even wait for the formality to finish. It’s like a

watching with sharp eyes. "Most of his opponents never recover from

Arthur said

Didn’t blink.

even look up from the

curled slightly on the edge of the table, a quiet tension that

the judges, felt a

aggressive. Don’t hold back. Let that

eyes flicked

still watching

That girl.

his face again, not soft, not angry. Just focused.

Stephanie’s stomach twisted.

years, after all the effort she put in, he had never once looked

that stinking girl

feed,

Omg did y’all

Ref

This is

you see that girl dodge? She read

be crazy. My popcorn

high ranking figures in the VIP gallery, narrowed his eyes

knew," he murmured, impressed. "She

beside him,

But he smiled faintly.

smile. Not one of

It was pride.

and so easy to miss, but

Crush him.

He believed she could.

hadn’t even begun to show what she could really

Nicholas’s cheap opening move failed, the

And it was brutal.

Nicholas didn’t waste time.

He charged.

like battering rams. His kicks cracked through the air with terrifying velocity. He was, after all, ranked second among the entire

Nnenna?

just